Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 20hAujourd'hui en librairie : ld-es.fr/catalogue/la... 000
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026L’état du Maroc le jour de ses élections blogs.mediapart.fr/gilbert-achc... La situación de Marruecos en el contexto electoral vientosur.info/la-situacion...vientosur.infoLa situación de Marruecos en el contexto electoral - Viento SurLa primavera árabe en 2011, no fue más que el inicio de un proceso revolucionario a largo plazo, en el transcurso del cual la región está llamada a conocer olas sucesivas de explosión social, sin reto... 100
Reposted by Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقرJacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt blamed Israel for America’s Middle Eastern fiascos. But from Iraq to Iran, Washington has had its own reasons for war in the Gulf.jacobin.comUS Imperialism Has Its Own Reasons for War in the Middle EastJohn Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt blamed Israel for America’s Middle Eastern fiascos. But from Iraq to Iran, Washington has had its own reasons for war in the Gulf. 166
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Two blades of a scissors, UN version: Iran: Civilians trapped between extreme State repression and violations arising from devastating conflict with US, Israel, UN Fact-Finding Mission finds www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...ohchr.orgIran: Civilians trapped between extreme State repression and violations arising from devastating conflict with US, Israel, UN Fact-Finding Mission findsGENEVA – Civilians in Iran are caught between gross human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed by their own Government and the nation’s deadly conflict with the United States and Is... 000
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The case for renewed Palestinian political struggle Dina Ezzat interviewed me for Al-Ahram Weekly and ahramonline. english.ahram.org.eg/UI/Front/Inn...english.ahram.org.egThe case for renewed Palestinian political struggle - World - Al-Ahram WeeklyProfessor of international relations Gilbert Achcar argues for new ways of promoting the Palestinian cause, drawing on his recent book and in an interview with Dina Ezzat 000
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Israel Aims to Permanently Annex Southern Lebanon, Experts Warn <The idea that President Donald Trump is going to force Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to withdraw from Lebanon “is completely illusory, in my view,” explained Achcar.> @wrmea.bsky.social www.wrmea.org/waging-peace...wrmea.orgIsrael Aims to Permanently Annex Southern Lebanon, Experts WarnWashington Report on Middle East Affairs, October 2026, pp. 71-72 Waging Peace SINCE MARCH, Israel has occupied more than 60 villages in southern Lebanon,... 000
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Las razones del Imperio Mearsheimer y Walt culparon a Israel de los fracasos de Estados Unidos en Oriente Medio. Pero, desde Irak hasta Irán, Washington ha tenido sus propios motivos para la guerra en el Golfo. @jacobinlat.bsky.social jacobinlat.com/2026/09/las-...jacobinlat.comLas razones del Imperio - Jacobin RevistaJohn Mearsheimer y Stephen Walt culparon a Israel de los fracasos de Estados Unidos en Oriente Medio. Pero, desde Irak hasta Irán, Washington ha tenido sus propios motivos para la guerra en el Golfo. 000
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"Optimism is the belief that the best outcome will happen. Hope is the belief that a better outcome is possible, with no guarantee attached. I keep hoping, while recognising that today the balance of evidence weighs heavily toward pessimism." 011
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 12/09/2026My contribution to Jacobin's new issue: Reasons of Empire John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt blamed Israel for America’s Middle Eastern fiascos. But from Iraq to Iran, Washington has had its own reasons for war in the Gulf. jacobin.com/2026/09/reas...jacobin.comReasons of EmpireJohn Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt blamed Israel for America’s Middle Eastern fiascos. But from Iraq to Iran, Washington has had its own reasons for war in the Gulf. 021
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Here we go again! A hugely disproportionate deluge of media commiseration with the victims of 9/11... Another opportunity to recall what I wrote about it soon after, in my book The Clash of Barbarisms, describing it as "narcissistic compassion". gilbert-achcar.net/narcissistic...gilbert-achcar.netUkraine, Africa, and Narcissistic Compassion | Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقرLast Wednesday, 3rd of May, Ishaan Tharoor, the brilliant Washington Post columnist, gave his daily newsletter a title that was particularly attention-grabbing: “The death toll in Ukraine is huge. It ... 032
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 10/09/20269/11: A Quarter Century of Imperial War On the legacy of the War on Terror, the Arab Spring's defeat, and the Gaza genocide www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...rosalux.de9/11: A Quarter Century of Imperial War - Rosa-Luxemburg-StiftungSocialist scholar Gilbert Achcar on the legacy of the War on Terror, the Arab Spring's defeat, and the Gaza genocide 222
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026On the impact of 9/11: "The Iraq War shattered the promise of a new world order" qantara.de/en/node/44749qantara.deGilbert Achcar on the impact of 9/11: "The Iraq War shattered the promise of a new world order" | Qantara.deThe attacks of 11 September 2001 fundamentally altered US foreign policy and triggered a series of wars that have reshaped the Middle East. 25 years on, Gilbert Achcar reflects on the US response to 9... 132
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Comment le gouvernement libanais est tombé dans le piège de Trump ? Un entretien réalisé le 6 juillet et publié hier www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVun...youtube.comProf. Gilbert Achcar : Comment le gouvernement libanais est tombé dans le piège de Trump ?YouTube video by ObservActu TV 000
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 09/08/2026This great review of The Arabs and the Holocaust was initially published in 2011 in Das Argument. The magazine Overton has just republished it: overton-magazin.de/top-story/di...overton-magazin.deDie Araber und die ShoahDiese Rezension ist bereits 2011 erschienen. Sie hat gleichwohl nichts von ihrer Relevanz und Aktualität verloren. 100
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Wonderful comment by Icaria editorial on their edition of The Gaza Catastrophe -- "Because Gaza is not just Gaza. It is a warning." icariaeditorial.com/inicio/4882-...icariaeditorial.comLa catástrofe de Gaza | Icaria Editorial | Gilbert AchcarEnsayo crítico sobre Gaza y el conflicto palestino-israelí: Israel, Hamas y Occidente bajo análisis en una reflexión sobre guerra y geopolítica. 010
Reposted by Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقرJacobin Magazin @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Der Angriff des 7. Oktobers basierte auf einer katastrophalen Fehleinschätzung, sagt Nahost-Experte Gilbert Achcar. Im Gespräch über sein neues Buch »Der lange Weg nach Gaza« analysiert er die Zerstörung Palästinas und den Bankrott der liberalen Weltordnung.jacobin.de»Widerstand ist legitim, aber nicht jedes Mittel ist rational oder produktiv«Der Angriff des 7. Oktobers basierte auf einer katastrophalen Fehleinschätzung, sagt Nahost-Experte Gilbert Achcar. Im Gespräch über sein neues Buch »Der lange Weg nach Gaza« analysiert er die Zerstörung Palästinas und den Bankrott der liberalen Weltordnung. 075
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 16/07/2026*Les guerres de l’empire américain au Moyen-Orient* Mon prochain ouvrage à paraître en français en octobre, et en anglais au printemps 2027. ladispute.fr/catalogue/le... 011
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 13/07/2026*La "nazification" des Palestiniens et de leurs soutiens* Entretien paru dans un ouvrage récemment publié en allemand, Trümmer auf Trümmer, et réalisé par les éditeurs. Version originale anglaise de l'entretien: jacobin.com/2026/06/gaza... www.yaani.fr/2026/07/13/l...jacobin.comGaza Was the Last Nail in the Coffin of Liberal AtlanticismSince the end of the Cold War, European and US liberals have claimed to defend a “rules-based international order.” Often a fiction, even the pretense has now vanished under the rubble of Gaza. 011
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Trump II et les guerres au Moyen-Orient Crise de l’ordre international et fragmentation du Sud global (article et vidéo) - Centre tricontinental @cetri-be.bsky.social www.cetri.be/Trump-II-et-...cetri.beTrump II et les guerres au Moyen-Orient : crise de l'ordre international et fragmentation du Sud global – Centre tricontinentalEntretien avec Gilbert Achcar mené par Laurent Delcourt (CETRI) Depuis la fin de la Guerre froide, les États-Unis façonnent le Moyen-Orient par des interventions militaires et un alignement avec… 000
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The 'Rules-Based Order' Died in Gaza A conversation on the ongoing situation in the Middle East on the occasion of the launch of the German edition of my book on Gaza. On Nullpunkt – with Hanno Hauenstein (in English) www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX7y...youtube.comGilbert Achcar: The 'Rules-Based Order' Died in GazaYouTube video by Nullpunkt – mit Hanno Hauenstein 021
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The far-right AfD is trying to prevent the holding of this Berlin conference in which I am due to take part tomorrow and the day after: take-back-the-future.com/programm/ Here is the organisers' Instagram statement to be shared widely: www.instagram.com/p/DZaP1PGNWYU/take-back-the-future.comProgramm - 030
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 07/06/2026الكاتب والباحث السياسي جلبير الأشقر ضيف برنامج #المقابلة مع علي الظفيري الأحد في 7/06/2026 على شاشة #الجزيرة 2 (فيديو الحلقة الكاملة) www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...youtube.comالمقابلة | الكاتب والباحث السياسي جلبير الأشقرYouTube video by AlJazeera Arabic قناة الجزيرة 000
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 06/06/2026On the "nazification" of the Palestinians and the instrumentalization of antisemitism in quelling Palestine solidarity -- the German case in particular. 0256
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 05/06/2026A Review of Gaza Catastrophe on CounterPunch I thank @NatCounterPunch and the reviewer Salam Mir (no presentation provided, alas) for this new review. Mir's critical observation is fair enough. It obviously stems from a perspective I don't subscribe to. www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/05/g...counterpunch.orgGaza CatastropheGaza Catastrophe is a highly-researched analytical document of the ongoing Israel’s Genocide of Gaza that had begun on October 2023. It is a timely 010
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Glad to announce the release of the Spanish edition of my book on Gaza: icariaeditorial.com/inicio/4882-... It's the 6th language until now (see "Books" on my website). Soon to come out: Arabic and Portuguese (Brazil)icariaeditorial.comLa catástrofe de Gaza | Icaria Editorial | Gilbert AchcarEnsayo crítico sobre Gaza y el conflicto palestino-israelí: Israel, Hamas y Occidente bajo análisis en una reflexión sobre guerra y geopolítica. 020
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Gaza Was the Last Nail in the Coffin of Liberal Atlanticism >An interview published in German in Trümmer auf Trümmer, a collection on the so-called Staatsräson, which served to justify the German state’s support for Israel and repression of the pro-Palestine movement. jacobin.com/2026/06/gaza...jacobin.comGaza Was the Last Nail in the Coffin of Liberal AtlanticismSince the end of the Cold War, European and US liberals have claimed to defend a “rules-based international order.” Often a fiction, even the pretense has now vanished under the rubble of Gaza. 133
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Briser le triangle complicité - négation - impunité : revenir au droit international Le colloque du 21 mai dernier, organisé par @gabriellecthl.bsky.social à l'Assemblée nationale (mon exposé va de 2:27:15 à 2:48:30). www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl6m...youtube.com[COLLOQUE] Briser le triangle complicité - négation - impunité : revenir au droit internationalYouTube video by Gabrielle Cathala 011
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Hijacked. Whatever Happened to Holocaust Memory? Berlin, Volksbühne, 8 June 2026 www.berlin.de/tickets/verm... 122
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 23/05/2026THE MOST BOTCHED IMPERIAL WAR On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank sit down with Gilbert Achcar to discuss Israel, Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, and the most botched US war ever. www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/22/t...counterpunch.orgThe Most Botched Imperial War w/ Gilbert AchcarOn this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank sit down with Gilbert Achcar to discuss Israel, Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, and the 032
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 22/05/2026La raccolta di saggi che Achcar propone in questo volume ci porta quindi nel cuore di tenebra delle democrazie occidentali, nel lato in ombra di qualsiasi pensiero illuminista, umanista, democratico e liberale soggiogato alla logica atroce del capitale. www.carmillaonline.com/2026/05/18/g...carmillaonline.comGaza: profilo storico di un genocidio perpetrato con il consenso dell’Occidentedi Paolo Lago Gilbert Achcar, Gaza, genocidio annunciato. La catastrofe palestinese in una prospettiva storica [...] 000
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Why is there a surge in antisemitism? The past two years have seen a surge in antisemitism. Tackling this matter requires making the correct diagnosis as to the root cause of the phenomenon. gilbert-achcar.net/surge-in-ant...gilbert-achcar.netWhy is there a surge in antisemitism? | Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقرThe past two years have seen a surge in antisemitism: beyond the general increase in manifestations of racism of all kinds, there has been a specific surge in dramatic attacks targeting Jews as such. ... 333
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Great moments last week in Berlin, with a talk I gave on Wednesday at the opening session of Marx is Muss (organised by Marx21) and the next day the launch of the German edition of my Gaza book, just released. Hundreds of mostly young participants. 030
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Coalition des Résistances Artistiques, Culturelles et Scientifiques Tribune publiée aujourd'hui dans Libération: coalition-cracs.org/tribune/ Signataires: coalition-cracs.org 000
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Juillet 2024 : "Il est fort à craindre que Starmer, avec sa politique droitière et sa volonté de tout faire pour plaire au grand capital, ne finisse par faire le lit de Farage et de son Reform UK, tout comme Macron a fait celui du tandem Le Pen-Bardella." blogs.mediapart.fr/gilbert-achc...blogs.mediapart.frLe succès de Starmer prouve-t-il que la gauche doit se « recentrer » ?« La victoire écrasante remportée par le Labour sous la direction de Keir Starmer à l’élection parlementaire britannique du 4 juillet est la preuve que, pour gagner, la gauche doit se recentrer ». Te… 000
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Starmer's renewed attempt to instrumentalize antisemitism in order to further stifle Palestine solidarity is the miserable stratagem of a PM on the ropes. On the meaning of "globalize the intifada", see my reply to Eva Illouz here: orientxxi.info/Anti-Zionism... 011
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 03/05/2026«Non à la guerre d’agression, et non au régime iranien» Mon intervention à la réunion publique «pour l’arrêt de la guerre en Iran et au Moyen-Orient», organisée par la CGT, la FSU, l’Union syndicale Solidaires et SSTI à Paris. alencontre.org/ameriques/am...alencontre.org«Non à la guerre d’agression, et en même temps non au régime iranien» – A l'encontre 210
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Here we go again! A miserable attempt to curtail solidarity with the Palestinians and Lebanese under the pretext of fighting antisemitism -- as if it were the protests rather than Israel's onslaughts that incited idiotic criminal attacks on British Jews. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukProtests may need to be stopped in some cases, Keir Starmer suggestsThe PM tells the BBC he is concerned about the 111
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Here we go again! A miserable attempt to curtail solidarity with the Palestinians and Lebanese under the pretext of fighting antisemitism -- as if it were the protests rather than Israel's onslaughts that incited idiotic criminal attacks on British Jews. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukProtests may need to be stopped in some cases, Keir Starmer suggestsThe PM tells the BBC he is concerned about the 010
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 02/05/2026It takes a lot of nerve for the most unfit leader Labour ever had to say that @zackpolanski.bsky.social is unfit to lead a party that has hugely grown under his leadership! "Starmer says Polanski ‘is not fit to lead a political party’ after police criticism" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comStarmer says Polanski ‘is not fit to lead a political party’ after Golders Green police criticismPM said post shared on X was ‘disgraceful’ after Green leader apologised and said he had reposted it ‘in haste’ 061
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 02/05/2026It takes a lot of nerve for the most unfit leader Labour ever had to say that @ZackPolanski is unfit to lead a party that has hugely grown under his leadership! "Starmer says Polanski ‘is not fit to lead a political party’ after Golders Green police criticism" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comStarmer says Polanski ‘is not fit to lead a political party’ after Golders Green police criticismPM said post shared on X was ‘disgraceful’ after Green leader apologised and said he had reposted it ‘in haste’ 000
Reposted by Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقرDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 30/04/2026We speak with Lebanese-born academic Gilbert Achcar about the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, U.S. foreign policy under President Trump and more. democracynow.orgScholar Gilbert Achcar on the U.S. War Against Iran & Trump's “Old-New Imperial Doctrine”We speak with Lebanese-born academic Gilbert Achcar about the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, U.S. foreign policy under President Trump and more. Achcar says Trump's military actions in Venezuela and Iran are not as dramatic a departure from U.S. policy ... 14424
Reposted by Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقرDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 30/04/2026“[Trump] believed that the pragmatists in the Iranian regime would take over after his military action,” says @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social, emeritus professor at SOAS, University of London. “The result has been exactly the contrary. Very clearly, it just enhanced the militarization of the regime.” 46522
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Iran Between the Russian and Chinese Models Iran is trending toward a model similar to that of Vladimir Putin’s Russia, based on militarization and rentierism, in stark contrast to the Chinese model favoured by the reformists. gilbert-achcar.net/iran-between...gilbert-achcar.netIran Between the Russian and Chinese Models | Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقرIran is trending toward a model similar to that of Vladimir Putin’s Russia, based on militarization and rentierism, in stark contrast to the Chinese model favoured by the reformists. 421
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Une excellente recension de mon Les Arabes et la Shoah par Nora Benkorich, publiée en 2010 par La vie des idées, et récemment signalée par le site en complément d'un article sur Hannah Arendt. laviedesidees.fr/Hitler-les-A...laviedesidees.frHitler, les Arabes et les JuifsÀ propos de : G. Achcar, Les Arabes et la Shoah, Sindbad. 110
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Transformer les médias, une urgence démocratique ! Appel des 30 ans d’Acrimed @acrimed.bsky.social www.acrimed.org/Appel-des-30...acrimed.orgAppel des 30 ans d'Acrimed : Transformer les médias, une urgence démocratique !« La bataille est plus que jamais d'actualité. » 051
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Trump today: the US won't let Iran "blackmail us". In other words, he won't let Iran return the favor! 100
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 07/04/2026"Instead of deploying experienced envoys, Trump sent two real estate developer confidants—his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his golf buddy Steve Witkoff—who were completely illiterate on both geopolitics and nuclear technicalities." MJ Zarif, Iran's former Foreign Minister and VP, a reformist 010
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 04/04/2026An Early Assessment of What Was Lying Ahead for the Middle East with Trump's Return to the White House. October 2024, when most commentators were taking peace-loving statements by president-elect Donald Trump at face value. gilbert-achcar.net/trump-and-th...gilbert-achcar.netTrump and the Middle East: What Lies Ahead? | Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقرTrump’s victory in the US presidency race is a major catastrophe for the peoples of the region, on top of the huge Nakba that has been raging since 7 October 2023. Benjamin Netanyahu had been eagerly hoping for this victory and did everything he could to contribute to its achievement... So, what awaits us now that Trump’s return to the White House is confirmed? 010
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Zionist expansionism in Lebanon seizes upon Hezbollah as a pretext newpol.org/zionist-expa...newpol.orgZionist expansionism in Lebanon seizes upon Hezbollah as a pretext - New PoliticsHezbollah's role in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. 631
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Well said!!! (seen at UC Berkeley) 052